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The anatomy of a Facebook account heist

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He now works as a threat hunter at the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) in Vietnam, in addition to serving as the co-founder of Chống Lừa Đảo, an anti-scam nonprofit. From there, the hackers can change passwords and add security keys or two-factor authentication, and usually, they proceed to commit a crime.

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Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch

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One semester, Sandra Aistars, director of the Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at George Mason University, had law students do takedown notices for artists and nonprofits and tracked their interactions. They thought they were buying the authentic Alternate Histories calendars, rather than the knockoffs.

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Online daters love to hate on Hinge. 10 years in, it’s more popular than ever.

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It has reached the top of the app download charts in several European markets, where it launched more recently. When Bryce, a 29-year-old nonprofit director in Kansas City, started using it last summer, “It was the one that everyone was talking about.” The users I spoke to were wary, to say the least.

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Otter.ai is here to transcribe online meetings and other content for you

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